#BD97E5#BD97E5

#BD97E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.117 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD97E5
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 229)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(269, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 34.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 29.03, -34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 44.84, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0687 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.117 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1930, 38.6094, 79.1324)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD97E5 #BFE597

analogous

#9798E5 #BD97E5 #E497E5

triadic

#BD97E5 #E5BD97 #97E5BD

tetradic

#BD97E5 #E59798 #BFE597 #97E5E4

square

#BD97E5 #E59798 #BFE597 #97E5E4

split-complementary

#BD97E5 #E5E497 #98E597

monochromatic

#7F35CD #9E66D9 #BD97E5 #DCC8F1 #EFE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BD97E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BD97E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD97E5

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD97E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD97E5	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd97e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.117 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b6ed',
    500: '#bd97e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd97e5;
$custom-light: #d2b6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd97e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73965,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD97E5

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C81E75

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD97E5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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